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Órder of Her Majesty in Council for the government of Her Majesty's subjects being within the Domi- nions of the Emperor of China, or being within any ship or vessel at a distance of not more than one hundred miles from the Coast of China.
Preamble.
3 & 4 Wm. IV, c. 93.
6 & 7 Vict. c. 80.
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of June, 1853.
PRESENT:
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council.
WHEREAS by an Act passed in the 3rd and 4th years of the reign of His late Majesty King William the Fourth, intituled "An Act to regulate the Trade to China and India," it was among other things enacted, that it should and might be lawful for His Majesty to appoint not exceeding three of His Majesty's subjects to be Superintendents of the Trade of His Majesty's subjects to and from the dominions of the Emperor of China; and by any Order or Orders in Council to make and issue directions and regulations touching the said trade and for the government of His Majesty's subjects within the said dominions:
And whereas by a certain other Act passed in the 6th and 7th years of Her Majesty's reign, intituled "An Act for the better government of Her Majesty's subjects resorting to China," it was among other things enacted, that it should be lawful for Her Majesty to authorize the Superintendent of the Trade of Her Majesty's subjects in China (50
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